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ALEX JONES’ WRITTEN STATEMENT ON INTERNET CENSORSHIP
infowars.com ^ | August 8, 2018 | Alex Jones

Posted on 08/09/2018 10:14:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

This is a dangerous precedent that can be used against any ideology, left or right

Across the board in what appears to be a highly-coordinated effort to silence the message behind Infowars and Alex Jones, most major social media, backbone utilities associated with our web site and video platforms have launched unprecedented account bans and suspensions on virtually all of our channels.

Regardless of what you think of me, and what you have heard indirectly through third-party sources, you are clearly witnessing a 21st century purge of an ideology.

And even if you don’t agree with our message that everyone should exercise their right to question the status quo, you should be very concerned about what’s happening.

Because this ideology that is now under attack is the same ideology that played a pivotal role in founding this great nation: challenging the establishment systems with independent ideas that encourage new debates and discussions.

For more than a year, we have witnessed the mainstream news media and Democratic groups tell us that the manipulation of social media could turn an election.

By their own admission, social media would be the most viable option to alter the course of the nation, influence millions of people, and shut down free speech and personal expression that questions the status quo.

We have been told that one of the greatest threats to our democracy is the manipulation of the information that we receive on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Now, these same groups that have been telling us that free speech must be defended against those who seek to control it on our news feeds, have launched a full-scale war on the free speech and information that they disagree with.

There is no question that large social media companies have become the nation’s premiere source of information, referring hundreds of millions to news and information.

Although these groups are private entities, their scale has achieved them a monopoly on the free flow of information.

Much like the FCC rules that the airwaves and cable should be equally accessible to all in the public trust, these modes of communication should be equally open to the same access, and not subject to control by those who may choose to disagree with the information itself. Is a different opinion enough to silence an entire ideology?

I do not claim to always be right. But the accusations leveled at me are distortions of the truth and have been used systematically to impeach my character.

But this coordinated action by the establishment to silence me has only awakened a new resolve in those who now see more clearly than ever how the establishment systems will go to any length to shut down free speech and information that questions the status quo.

This is a turning point for our nation. Will you rally behind the principles of free speech, or will you concede to having your ability to access new ideas and information restricted and controlled by those who believe you cannot think for yourself?

If we allow this level of censorship to continue, how long before it becomes normalized?

How long before it’s not Alex Jones and Infowars being shut down on major platforms, but any ideology that disagrees with the establishment status quo? We must rally behind the principles that founded this great nation, and not allow deep censorship to become normalized and accepted.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Free Republic; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexjones; alexjonesbanned; alexjonesstatement; apple; censorship; conspiracy; deepstate; deepthrottle; facebook; inforwars; internetcensorship; russianpropaganda; socialmedia; spotify; techgiants; wompwomp; youtube
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To: mabarker1

Interesting . . . very interesting !


181 posted on 08/10/2018 8:40:02 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: Jim Robinson

Have they censored David Icke?


182 posted on 08/11/2018 4:29:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Jim Robinson; All

183 posted on 08/11/2018 11:35:38 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: TheTimeOfMan
The difference is that YouTube and facebook are defacto monopolies in their sectors.

Agree 100%. And because they are de facto monopolies, they should be regulated by the US government, prolly by the FCC or maybe the commerce dept.

Right now this is like the wild west where any thing went. It is time for some polite modification to support modern society.

184 posted on 08/11/2018 1:19:25 PM PDT by upchuck (When I first arrived in Washington, the extent of anger and partisanship stunned me. ~ CongressmanX)
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To: semimojo

JomRob could offer any percent to invitation-only investors in a ***private equity*** arrangement. BUT if JimRob’s business is publicly traded, he must allow Alex Jones to set up and operate a website or in the case of FR, a separate chapter.

An analogy would be a public restaurant that rents out private rooms to parties. As long as the private parties abstain from disrupting, interfering with other private rooms such as walking in and telling other private parties to leave, they are allowed to carry on any activity that is legal. Other patrons and customers are unaffected as long as they stay out of the private rooms.

Each person that enters Alex Jones website or YouTube channel or similar is doing so on their own volition. No one is forcing them to listen to Alex Jones or to buy his products.

If a customer has an inclination to access the Alex Jones party in the Infowars private room, the public restaurant can do nothing to impede that.

However, if the public restaurant is or goes private, as in a private club, then the club can set any policy for its members, as long as it’s legal.

Facebook, Google/Youtube, Twitter, and any other publicly traded corporation must allow law-abiding customers, patrons, members EQUAL ACCESS to what the these publicly traded corporations are offering unless there are premium offerings for which customers must pay a premium. But even in the context of premium offerings, a publicly traded corporation is not allowed to deny access to premium services and products to any law-abiding customer that has the means to purchase them.

Facebook, Google/Youtube, Twitter are NOT privately owned businesses, they are owned by the public. For example, Zuckerberg as Founder and CEO of Facebook does not own private shares of Facebook. He owns public shares, common or preferred, in Facebook. Derivatives are not ownership instruments, shares are. Zuckerberg owns public shares and as CEO his shareholdings must be made public.

As long as an activity of a patron or customer is legal, these publicly owned corporations cannot alter, abridge, or suppress rights. These publicly traded entities have TOS = Terms of Service that all members agree to abide by, but the TOS is not law and can be challenged. If Alex Jones is banned because a publicly traded entity declares he has violated their TOS, they better be able to back it up else he can sue for all the damages and lost business suffered as a result.


185 posted on 08/12/2018 9:40:12 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: Jim Robinson

BTTT


186 posted on 08/12/2018 1:01:00 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: Jim Robinson

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FreeRepublic will soon be caught in this snare by some means.
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187 posted on 08/12/2018 1:05:11 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Hostage
JomRob could offer any percent to invitation-only investors in a ***private equity*** arrangement. BUT if JimRob’s business is publicly traded, he must allow Alex Jones to set up and operate a website or in the case of FR, a separate chapter.

Insanely wrong.

Other than some securities laws publicly and privately held corporations are treated the same under the law.

You seem to be confused by the term publicly held. It doesn't mean that the corporation is owned by the general public - it isn't - it just means some portion of the equity is available for sale to the general public.

There are publicly owned enterprises - libraries, some universities, statutory corporations in many states and municipalities, etc. - which are owned by all citizens because they're funded by taxes, but that's not what we're talking about.

A publicly owned enterprise has to accommodate everyone because everyone is an owner.

With a few exceptions, which I'll get to, a publicly held company only has to accommodate it's shareholders to the extent that they get a vote.

There are public accommodation laws that say enterprises which are generally open to the public can't discriminate on the basis of "race, color, religion, or national origin", and in some states there are LGBT protections, but these laws apply equally to public and private companies (there are exemptions for private clubs and religious exemptions), so the ownership structure of FR or FB doesn't enter into it.

More to the point, no law prohibits discrimination on the basis of political viewpoint.

As long as the private parties abstain from disrupting, interfering with other private rooms such as walking in and telling other private parties to leave, they are allowed to carry on any activity that is legal.

No, they can carry on any activity that the owner agrees to in the rental agreement.

But even in the context of premium offerings, a publicly traded corporation is not allowed to deny access to premium services and products to any law-abiding customer that has the means to purchase them.

Absolutely wrong unless they're discriminating on the basis someone's membership in a protected class as I described above.

Where did you get this idea?

Facebook, Google/Youtube, Twitter are NOT privately owned businesses...

Again, other than securities laws I challenge you to cite a law that applies differently to FB than to FR.

188 posted on 08/12/2018 2:48:44 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo

Here’s all you are getting for free, as posted on another thread:

Marsh v. Alabama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

Look, you are not knowledgeable about law or case law. I am not going to put up with your caustic demands anymore because they abuse the time of others. Consult a competent counsel or do the legal research yourself.


189 posted on 08/12/2018 5:21:26 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: Hostage
Marsh v. Alabama

"a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which it ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk, even though the sidewalk was part of a privately owned company town."

I guess it would be possible to find a less germane case but I'm not sure how.

I am not going to put up with your caustic demands anymore...

What about my humble request to cite a single law that supports your contention?

190 posted on 08/12/2018 7:37:52 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: Jim Robinson

Looks good! Over the past few years, some very right-minded speakers have worked with InfoWars to get their word out, while neo-Nazis have been calling Jones a “crypto-Zionist” and “Mossad agent” because of some of Jones’ pro-Israel content.

Some of the greater minds see the some of the crazier InfoWars content as a source of maniacal humor, so it looks like a go.


191 posted on 08/19/2018 10:16:25 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Jim Robinson

The accurate 9/11 “conspiracy” is that the deep state was monitoring the terrorists and allowed them to proceed in an attempted coup against Bush (there is evidence of an assassination attempt in Florida days before 9/11) and to further their globalist invasion plans. If we admit that the deep state exists now and is against Trump then they also existed back then and were against Bush and attempting to control Bush. Bush was not involved and was oblivious to all this. He’s just naive. Obama and McCain funded and armed ISIS terrorists and overthrew a stable Libyan state, attempted to overthrow a stable Egypt and attempted to overthrow a stable Syria. Those are very reasonable conclusions to reach with the current evidence we see of the deep state coming after Trump. Alex Jones.


192 posted on 09/07/2018 10:54:25 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain

Sorry meant to remove that last fragment starting with Alex Jones lol. Keep forgetting no edits here. :D


193 posted on 09/07/2018 10:56:36 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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